Savings-bank.



C. FISHER.

SAVINGS BANK. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1909.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

%TATE T FFTCE CHARLES FISHER,

THE AUTGMATIC RECORDING TION 01 ZLLTLNQIS.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGLR, BY MESNE AS.

SAFE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOElt-E, A USEFUL-Lib E-NIJIEINTS, TO

SAVINGS-BANK.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

Application filed December 8, 1909 Serial No. 531,989.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARnEs citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to savings-banks provided with several coin-compartments adapted to keep the coins of dif; ferent denominations separate from each other to facilitate counting of the coins when the savings-bank is taken to the banking institution for the purpose of effecting a deposit of the savings. I

The present invention constitutes an improvement upon the construction disclosed in my Patent No. 793,779, granted July i, 1905; and my primary object is to provide an improved savings bank of the character indicated which has great durability, is of large capacity, size considered, which can be manufactured at moderate cost, and which is very secure.

It may be preliminarily stated that a common method of employing banks of this character is that whereby banking institutions furnish the savings banks to depositors, the banking institutions retainin-g'the keys to the savings banks so that the banks can be opened only when they are brought to the banking institution for the purpose of elfecting deposit of the contents. In an analogous manner parents may supply their children with these banks, the parents retaining the keys so that the banks may be opened only with the consent of the parents.

The invention is illustrated in itspreferred embodiment, the accompanying drawing in which,-

Figure 1 represents an elevational View of a savings-bank constructed in accordance with my invention, the casing being slightly lifted from its normalposition to expose .the lower portion of the body in which the coin-receptacles are formed; Fig. 2, a sectional view taken, as indicated, at line'2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken, as indicated, at line 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 asection taken, as indicated, at line 4 of Fig. 2, and showing a detail of the coin-slot guard employed.

Tnthe construction illustrated, A repre- Fisnnn, a

sents a body, or core, provided with-money receptacles, or coin-chambers; and B, a casing which receives the body A and is preferablysecured thereto by means, of the internal lock which will be presently described.

The body A preferably comprises a base 1 and coin-receptacles 2 rising from said base. In the illustration given, the casing is of circular cross-section, and the coin-receptacles are grouped a bout a center, the body A having its base of circular form and the body the casing. The coin-chambers preferably are formed integral with the base and have open upper ends and open outer sides as shown. by flanges 5 which radiate, $0 to speak, from the central chain'- her at, which is bounded by curved walls 5 connecting the inner portions of the flanges The chamber 4 serves as a. bill chamber,

the bottom of the receptacle having an open ing 6 through which bills may be inserted. The curved walls 5 are adapted to to the circumference of the coins introduced into thereceptacles, while the walls 3 are preferably substantially tangential coins. Thebottom walls '2' of the receptacles 2 $10 e inwardly so that the stacks of coins will have a tendency to tilt against the walls 5. Thus, there willbe no danger of the coins being shaken ceptacles when the casing is removed from the body having the chambers in which the coins are stacked. The put/er peripheral portions of the bottoms of the receptacles 2 are provided with finger-recesses 8, which 90 facilitate grasping'the stacks of coins when they are to be removed. The casing B preferably comprises a cylinder 9 and a top 10 formed integral therewith. The casing may be drawn or stamped from a disk. The circumferential wall 10 is provided in its upper portion with coin-slots 11 which register, or' correspond, with the several coin-receptacles 2.- The vertical wall of the casing 1s alsoprovided with 100 vertical slots 12' which are graduated, as indicated at 13, to indicate at a glance the amount of money contained in each coinreceptacle.

Applied of the casing is a lock-carrying and guardbeing adapted to fit snugly within 6 Thus, the coin-chambers are'formed rise from the'base 1 and 70 conform to the from their resheet-metal to the inner surface of the body carrying plate 14, which is preferably secured by means of clenching-lugs Jformed integrally with an external name plate ltiy said clenching-lugs extending through perforations in the top 10 and plate 14: and being clenched beneath said plate over clenching-lugs 17 with'which the lower surface-of the plate is provided. At the central portion of the plate 14 is a lock-casing 18 provided with a channel 19, in which is a bolt or locking-member, 20. The lock is located v in the upper portion of the central chamber 4 and thebolt 20 is adapted to engage a socket 21 which is provided in the thickened portion 22 of ono'oi tlie walis 5. The keybarrel 23 is l'ocatedin the central perforation with which the plate 1 1 is provided, said key-barrel extending through the lock-cas in g 18. The 'barrel or cylinder 23 is located in alinement with a central-key-opening 24 which extends through the outer plate 16 and the casing-top 10. The upper end of the cylinder, or barrel, 23, is provided with aflange. 25 which is located beneath the markey-opening therethrough. The locking gin of the casing-top'which surrounds the bolt is rovided with springs 26 which are located etween shoulders 27 with which the key.

. wardly bolt is provided and shoulders 28 with which the lock-casing is provided. The bolt is vided with angular bores, or sockets, 31

' coin-slot, the guard will be in its inclined guide, and after the insertion which receive slidable slot-guards32. The guards 32 are provided near their inner ends with shoulders 33 between which and the bottoms of the sockets 31 are confined springs 34. The guards 32 are of angular or square prose-section to prevent rotation and are provided at their outer ends with vertical surfaces -35which' extend across the coin-slots. When a coin is forced through a readily retracted of the coin the plunger or guard will return to the slot-closing. position.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the peripheral wall of the casing is equipped near its lower end with studs 36 which are spaced to receive between themone ofthe flanges 3 of the body A; and the casing is provided externally at a oint between said studs with an arrow adapted to register with a star 38 with which the peripheral portion of the base of the body A is rovided. By this means, the casing and body are properly -'to-perniit the coins to enter.

guards efl'ectually block the that the coins can not get out ceases guided together, so that the coin-receptacles will register with the proper coin-slots.

casing. By means of a suitable key the locking bolt 20 may be retracted to permit the parts to be brought together, whereupon the bolt will enter its socket 21 and securely lock the parts together. Coins are inserted through the slots 11, the guards 32 yielding Normally the coin-slots, so of the savings bank. The-coins fall into the receptacles and are maintained therein in tion, and, ow1ng to the inward inclination of stacked relathe bottoms of the coin-receptacles,thetendency of the stacks of coins is to tilttoward the wallet, so that the coins will not beshaken from their receptacles when the casing is removed. Bills may be inserted into the centralchamber 4 through the opening 6. After the removal of the casing the central chamber is accessible open at its upper end.

key may lie-employed, by to disconnect the casing whereupon the casing When -.-desired, the authorized parties, from the body A,

The coins in the receptacles 2 will be found arranged accordin tion, t dling.

t may be, added thatthe inclination of the bottoms of the coin-receptacles renders it unnecessary to contract the outward openings of the coin-receptacles to an extent less than the diameter of the coins, so that the utmost freedom of access to the stacks of coins is afforded without danger of the coins being spilled from their receptacles after the casin has been removed. Certain fea turesof the invention are not limited to this construction, however. The safe'described is durable, secure and thoroughly practicable from the standpoint of the manufacturer and can be produced at moderate cost. The casing may be nickelu's facilitating counting and hanmay be lifted off, .leavingthe contents accessible.-

from above, being to denomination, inst-asked relaplated and made as ornamental as desired.

It is noted that the flanges 3 fit freely within the shell, while'the base is beveled slightly to secure a close fit in the lower portion'of the casing. This expedient insures an easily-attalned fit of the parts, while obviating the danger of binding, and thus facilitating removal of the casing from the core.

The foregoing description has been given for clearness of understanding only and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom, but the ap ended claims should be construed as broa ly as permissible in view of the prior art.- i

' Copies of this patent may he obtained for secured to said top,

'hat I'regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'' 1. in a savings-bank, the combination of a body having tending cn'cumferentially arranged coinchambers U-shaped in cross-section, abottom for said body inclined inwardly from the circumference thereof and providing said coin-chambers with Y bottoms sloping from their circumference inwardly toward their centers, and a casing receiving said body and provided with coin-admission slots opening into said chambers, whereby the coins deposited in said chambers through said slots are caused to rest with their edges against the closed inner sides of said chambers and areprevented from accidental dis placement from said coin-chambers on the removal of the casing.

2. In a savings-bank, the combination of a body provided with coin-receptacles, a casing comprising a top and depending peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having coin-slotsin its. upper portion. corresponding with said coinrreceptacles, angular-form sockets portion of said casing near said: peripheral wall, and angular-form plungers projecting from said socketsand serving as guards for, said coin-slots.

3. In a savings-bank, the'combination of a body having a plurality of coin-chambers,

acasing receiving said body and comprising a top and a depending peripheral Wall, a platewithin said casing lying adjacent to the inner surface of the top thereof and said casing having coinslots in its peripheral wall near the top thereof, angular sockets carried by, the peripheral portion of said plate, spring-projected slot-guards having angular shanks received in said sockets, and a locking-de vice carried by the central portion of said plate. a. In a savings-banhthe combination of a body having a plurality of coin-chambers a plurality of outwardlv ex- 1 inclined. located in the upper upper ends and outer sides, a casing receiving said body and provided with coin-admissionfslots in its peripheral wall. corresponding with said chambers, an external plate above the casing-top having clenching-lugs extending through the cusing-top, through said inner plate equipped peripherally with bearings, slot-guards mounted in said bearin s, and a lock carried by said inner plate. '0. In a savings-bank, a casing comprising a top and a depending ing coin-slots thereinadjacent said top, in combination with an inner plate lying adjacent said top and equipped peripherally with slot-guards, and an external plate having clenchingdu gs extending through perforations in said top and having clenched engagement with said inner plate.

6. In a savings-bank, the combination of a body provided with coin-receptacles, a casing comprising a top and depending peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having coin-slots in its upper portion corresponding with said coin-receptacles, ets located in the upper open at their CHARLES FISHER. In presence of -E Q EN RSI-A.

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an inner plate secured to the top the medium of said clenching-lugs,

peripheral wall havslot-guard sockportion of said casing near said peripheral wall, and non-ro a be t slidabiy mounted in said 

